Mississauga-based critically acclaimed and award winning World Music artist Mississauga: Vandana Vishwas, an award winning singer/musician based in Mississauga,recently announced her decision to quit full time Architecture and devote more time to music, which she says was not getting due attention because of her architectural commitments. Formally trained in north Indian Classical music, and a [...]
Toronto: Menaka Thakkar, dancer, choreographer, artistic director, institution builder and teacher is among an august group of people who received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards this year. David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, presented the Awards during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, May 31, 2013. Created in 1992, under the auspices of [...]
New Delhi: Director Mohit Suri’s musical saga “Aashiqui 2″ has become the latest to join the Rs.100 crore club and the producers are elated. Released April 26, the musical love story, starring Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor, was made on a budget of Rs.9 crore. “Aashiqui 2″ was co-produced by Vishesh Films and T-Series, [...]
IIT Alumni Canada (IITAC), an association of 17 premium universities of India, held their annual Spring Lecture series event on April 27th. Reza Moridi, Minister of Research and Innovation, Government of Ontario who was present at the event said, “Ontario and India enjoy a longstanding economic, educational and cultural relationship that benefits both jurisdictions. We [...]
The Canadian Multicultural Council for Asians in Ontario hosted their annual Asian Heritage Month Gala Dinner on Sunday, May 5th at the Premier Ballroom and Convention Centre in Richmond Hill. The event marked the celebrations for the 11th anniversary since the inception of Asian Heritage Month in Canada. It was an event full of entertainment, [...]
The Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce recently organized a networking event in association with Simmons da silva and Sinton LLP(SDS). Susan Fennell, mayor of Brampton was the chief guest at the event which saw over 250 professionals, business executives, entrepreneurs and other thought leaders in attendance. Mayor Fennell congratulated the ICCC business community for its [...]
Brampton: Brampton has emerged as a winner and is among the Top 10 Mid-Sized American Cities of the Future 2013/14 as ranked by fDi Intelligence, a division of the Financial Times (UK). Brampton has come in second as Business Friendly City and eighth in the Infrastructure (Americas) and City of the Future in the Americas [...]
Mississauga: MPP Dipika Damerla recently arranged a meeting for her constituents with Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Michael Coteau, to talk about ways to help newcomers achieve success. The roundtable discussion was held on Thursday, March 28 at the Dixie Bloor Neighbourhood Centre. The conversation focused on working with community groups and businesses [...]
by Gregory Thomas Stephen Harper won his majority in 2011 – on his fourth attempt – because of certain promises he made. He promised to control spending. He promised to balance the federal budget in 2014-15. And he promised to deliver tax relief once the budget was balanced, by extending income splitting to working families and by [...]
Mississauga: Mississauga-Brampton South MPP Amrit Mangat has highlighted the new Ontario government’s $50 million venture capital fund, to help area businesses grow and create jobs. “What is the government doing to make sure businesses have access to venture capital so that they can invest, grow and create jobs for Ontarians?” said Mangat in Question Period [...]
